In the last few days I installed LMDE 2011-8 XFCE. I am 85 years old and cannot see as well as I used to. The default colors on the default desktop are very difficult, so I go to Desktop settings/Background check no Image and black for color as I have been doing for years.

There is only one problem. The only color for the icon descriptions is black, I want white. The silvery white background is a killer for my eyes. White lettering on a black background is o.k.

I also have a problem with white on pale green (Mint green).

I tried changing this with .gtkrc-2.0, gtkrc-black and gtkrc-white in home and got lost in the process.

I know little about XFCE, but it's using GTK, so the desktop font color is determined by your GTK theme. Though some themes don't state a desktop font color, so some other default color will be used. I guess the easiest way to go would be to try different GTK themes until you're satisfied with the font contrast.

Hello to Belize from the US, btw.

If you'd rather instructions on changing the font color of your current theme instead, I can provide that. Just ask away. It involves adding some lines to your theme's gtkrc.

Thanks a lot, I think we will solve this problem sooner or later. There are no themes in LMDE XFCE that accomplish a white label for icons on a black screen. So I will patch in the changes to .gtkrc-2.0 after I have tried Gnome-color-chooser.

We are watching a storm just off shore to see how much rain it might drop here in the northern part of Belize. Now have hurricane watch and wind is starting to blow.

Problem solved editing .gtkrc-2.0. Thanks again. I should have tried this first.

Locate file .gtkrc-2.0 which is a hidden fileTo find this file go to HOME then USER NAMEThen select SHOW HIDDEN FILES from the VIEW TABOpen file .gtkrc-2.0 and you should see the following or similar.I have changed the NORMAL/SELECTED/ACTIVE codeto FFFFFF which is white font color..........Dont forget tosave changes and then reboot for changes to take effect.............................................................style "xfdesktop-icon-view" { XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0